Coin-receptacle.



PATENTED DBC. 6, 1904.

H. P. TOWNSBND.

GOIN REGB'TACLE.

APPLIGATIQN NLBD JULY 22,1904.

N() MODEL.

UNITED STATES- Patentecl December 6, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY POND TOWNSEND, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE CORBIN CABINET LOCK COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTI- CUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

COIN-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,702, dated December 6, 1904.

Application filed July 22, 1904. Serial No. 217,'731. (No model.)

To all whom zit 710,04/ concern:

Beit known that I, HARRY POND TowNsEND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Coin-Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices more commonly used for the purpose of what IO is known as "home deposits, and the object of my invention is to provide a receptacle of so simple and cheap a construction that it may be purchased by people having limited means; and a further object of the invention is to construct an attractive device that shall at all times, subject to the uses to which it may be put, present an attractive appearance; and a further object is to provide a receptacle that shall prevent the extraction of a coin through 2O the channels employed for introducing the coin to the receptacle.

A form of device having the preferred features of construction and showing the physical embodiment of my invention is illustrated z 5 in the accompanying drawings, in whichbe Figure l is a perspective view of a receptacle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in lengthwise vertical section through the same on plan denoted by the line 2 EZ of 3o Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the position of the coin-guard mechanism at the time of discharge of a coin therefrom into the receptacle. Fig. 4L is a detail view showing the position of the parts of the coin-guard 3 5 should the receptacle be inverted, the parts,

however, being shown in their upright position. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the coin-guard mechanism. Fig. 6 is a detail View showing the door and its construction.

4o In the accompanying drawings the numeral l indicates a receptacle or case that is preferably formed of metal and of any desired shape. This case may be provided with a handle 2 and has a coin-slot 3, preferably 1ocated near the upper edge and in the side wall of the case, and a door 4, preferably located in the bottom of the case and by means of which thel contents may be removed from the receptac e.

A coin-guard is located appurtenant to the coin-slot 3 for the purpose of preventing the removal of a coin from the receptacle through the slot. In the preferred form of guard and as shown herein this guard includes a tilting receiver pivoted to a base or support 5. This support in the device shown is in the form of a hood the upper part of which is secured to the wall of the receptacle in any desired manner and the back wall 6 extending downward within the receptacle, this hood or support being open at the bottom and front sides thereof.

The receiver includes two sections 7 and 9, mounted on the pivot 8, extending between the side walls of the hood 5. This section 7 65 includes a shield l0, adapted to be located across the coin-slot 3,'preferably arranged at an angle and projecting downward from the main part of the receiver. This section of the receiver may properly be termed the guard sectio`n, and the opposite section may be termed the coin-receiving section of the receiver. The coin-receiving section 9 may be provided with sides 11, projecting upward from the floor of the receiver.

The door i is provided with a lock-case 19, in which any suitable form of lock mechanism may be employed to be operated as by means of a key inserted in the barrel 13 of the lock.

A bottom plate 14 for the lock, to which the 8O case may be removably secured, projects, as at 15, beyond the sides of the case 12. Pins 16 pass through the plate, said pins being slotted, as at 17, and also having shoulders 18, adapted to rest against the inner surface of the door A. It will be seen from this construction, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6 of the drawings, that the pin may be inserted in the door and secured in place as by riveting, being thus permanently retained in place. The plate 14: is then placed in position with the pins extending through openings in the projecting parts l5 and the ends of the pin bent over, as shown, to retain the lock-case in place. Screws 19 may be employed to secure the case to the plate 14.

In securing the door to the caseI have provided a simple and inexpensive means ot' constructing the hinge. This consists of straps 20, secured to the inner surface oi' the bottom plate ot' the receptacle, as by means oi' lugs 21, passed through and riveted to the wall of the receptacle. A bar 22 is secured to the under surface of a projection 23 from the door. This bar has at opposite ends pivots 25, which are located in openings 26in the straps 20. These straps are composed, preferably, of thin sheet metal, the ends of which may be readily bent to allow the in- .sertion ofthe pivots 25, and the bar then being restored to its normal form the pivots are securely locked in the recesses 26. These recesses reduce the width of the strap at this point, so that it may be easily bent to receive the pivot.

In the operation of the device, the receiver being in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, a coin is inserted in the slot 3 and forced back onto the ioor of the coin-section 9 of the receiver. The two-sections of the receiver are so constructed and located on the pivot 8 that the weight of the coin will overbalance the shield-section of the receiver and allow the whole structure to be tilted, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, a projection 22a on the forward end of the section 9 underlying the floor of the shield-section and causing both sections to be simultaneously tipped and the coin to slide into the receptacle, as shown in said Fig. 3. As soon as the receiver has discharged the coin it assumes its normal position, as shown in Fig. 2 ot the drawings.

It will readily be seen that the receiver cannot be tipped, as by means oi' an instrument inserted through the coin-slot 3, so that a coin can be passed onto the receiver through the discharge-opening 24, as the wall 6 of the hood at this point prevents such an operation. It will also be noted that a coin cannot be passed through the opening 24 as by inverting the receptacle for the reason that the construction of the receiver-section 9 and its location on the pivot 8 are such as to retain it in the position shown in Fig. 4, although the shield-section may be tipped into the position as shown in said Fig. 4.

I have thus provided a device in the use of which it is practically impossible to extract a coin from the case except through the door 4.

It is obvious that the invention does not reside in the details of construction of the device, but that such details may be departed from to a considerable extent without avoiding the invention, and I do not desire to limit myself to the precise construction herein shown and described.

It will be observed that the two sections of the receiver are horizontally arranged when the receptacle is in itsproper position, and by the term horizontally arranged is meant such an arrangement in a practically horizontal position as will allow the coin to operate the sections to discharge the former into the receptacle. This construction enables a very simple and inexpensive form of receiver and guard, the two sections `of the receiver being located practically in the same plane and constructed of flat pieces of metal.

That I claim asmy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A receptacle for coins having a passage leading into said receptacle, and a sectional coin-guard horizontally arranged and consisting of two sections, each constructed of a flat piece of metal and arranged practically in the same plane to be operated by the weight of a coin.

2. In a receptacle for coins having a passage leading into said receptacle, and a coinguard composed of sections horizontally arranged in practically the same plane and composed of at pieces of material to be operated by the weight of a coin, said guard controlling' the entrance into and exit from said passage.

3. A receptacle for coins having a passage leading into said receptacle, and a guard including' two pivoted sections horizontally arranged practically in the same plane and composed of flat pieces of material to be operated by the weight of a coin and controlling the entrance into and exit from said passage.

4. A receptacle for coins having a passage leading into said receptacle, a horizontally-arranged guard for the entrance to the passage and uncovering said entrance in its normal position, a horizontally-arranged guard for the exit from said passage closing said exit in its normal position, said sections of the guard being composed of iiat pieces of material arranged practically in the same plane, and operative connections between the two sections of the guard.

5. A receptacle for coins having a passage leading into said receptacle, and a sectional, horizontally-arranged guard having the sections composed oi' flat pieces of material arranged practically in the same plane and operatively connected for the purpose of delivery of a coin into the receptacle but normally disconnected at all other times and operated by the weight oi' a coin.

6. A receptacle for coins having a passage leading into said receptacle, a horizontally-arranged guard 'or said passage including two sections each formed of a fiat piece of material located in practically the same plane and normally uncovering the entrance into the passage and closing the exit and operatively connected for delivery of a coin through the passage, but disconnected at all other times.

7 A receptacle for coins having a passage leading into said receptacle, and a horizontally- IOO IIO

arranged sectionai coin -guard forming one wall of said passage and controlling the entrance into and exit from said passage.

8. A receptacle for coins having a passag'e leading into said receptacle, and a horizontallyarranged sectional coin-guard forming one wall oi' said passage, one section 0l the guard normally uncovering the entrance into the passage and the other section normally closing the exit from said passage, said sections being connected for delivery oiI a coin through the passage into the receptacle.

9. A receptacle for coins having' a passage leading into said receptacle, a coin-guard including two pivoted sections, connected for delivery of a coin through the passage into the receptacle, but one of the sections acting independently of the other section to close the exit-opening.

l0. A receptacle for coins having a passage leading into said receptacle, a sectional coinguard including two sections connected for the delivery of a coin through the eXit-opening into the receptacle, but one section acting independently to close said exit against pas sage of a coin Jfrom the receptacle.

11. A coin-receptacle having a passage leading into said receptacle, a sectional coin-guard forming one wall of said passage, said sections being connected for delivery of acoin through the exit-opening into the receptacle, but one section acting' independently to close said exit against the passage of a coin ironi the receptacle.

l2. A coin-receptacle having a coin-slot, a hood secured appurtenant to the slot and having an end wall, a sectional coin-guard mounted within the hood, the sections being connected and operated by the weight of a coin to deliver it into the receptacle, but independently operated to prevent movement of a coin through the passage out of the receptacle.

13. In a receptacle having' a wall with an opening, straps eachl having' a recess in one edge and permanently secured to the wall at that edge of the strap bearing the recess, a door for said opening', and a strap secured to the door and having' a lug at each end to engage the recesses in the straps secured to said wall.

14. A receptacle having an opening, straps each having a recess in one edge and perinanently secured to the wall, said recesses forining means whereby the straps may be bent to admit a pivot, and a door for said opening including a strap having' pivots to engage said recesses.

HARRY POND TOVVNSEND.

Witnesses:

OLIvER S. WATERHOUSE, ARTHUR B. JENKINS. 

